Scott now urges Boehner to support flood insurance bill

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Gov. Rick Scott today urged House Speaker John Boehner to take up legislation to provide relief to Florida homeowners getting rocked by higher flood insurance rates.

“For too long, Florida has been a donor state to the National Flood Insurance Program by contributing $16 billion over the last three decades, which is nearly four times the amount Florida homeowners have received back in claims," Scott said in a statement. "I also again extended an invitation to Speaker Boehner to join me if the President accepts my invitation to meet on this important topic. The President needs to let Florida families know now how he will undo the outrageous flood insurance hikes he forced on Floridians. Whether a legislative or executive fix, we need immediate action for Florida families.”

The move is a bit of a shift for Scott, who had basically ignored Congress and tried to press President Obama to take executive action. Boehner and other House leaders have indicated they do not like the Senate bill that passed last week, contending it goes to far in reversing 2012 reforms under the Biggert-Waters Act. Today, House Democrats attempted, and failed, to use a procedural tactic to get a vote on the Senate bill.